And writing, particularly editing, requires considering multiple possibilities and disregarding the bad ones.
Yeah I remember loving all that conspiracy, X-Files, Umberto, past lives, lost cities, etc etc — all that stuff. But scratch at any of it and it's always some of the dullest, unimaginative reactionary bullshit just a hair's width below the surface.
Not to stereotype, but reminds of prison where everyone complains about capitalism without actually using that word (probably different now), but talk to them for more than 30 minutes annnnnd yup that's antisemitism again. Fucking hell.
Not everyone who doesn't understand ai is a troll, and there are legitimate reasons to want to avoid using it, even when it is useful. I've got you both tagged as "cool" on my client so I'm assuming you're both capable of chillness.
Not to high horse you, but maybe a little bit; the internet is a nice place when you don't immediately assume trolling because someone disagrees with you.
Oh my god that's so cool I wish I'd thought of it. It's similar to this idea I've been mulling over about a world where areas are fixed/dynamic based on how certain people are about them. But that is a better implementation than anything I sketched up.
I'm such a solipsist, I'm surprised reddit is still relevant to anyone. I certainly come across some posts when searching for tech or product questions, but that's it.
Although even outside of the fedi, I spend more and more of my time just looking at people's individual websites and blogs. I've got a basically bottomless RSS feed curated by this point, so I don't even need an aggregator for the scroll -- I've got my own.
Okay, so many thoughts. I'm not even done, but already I love this.
I 100% agree with the point that we shouldn't recommend "the fediverse" to people, but should focus on the actual places (ie websites) that just happen to use ActivityPub. It's like in the phpBB days -- you didn't get regular people to join your communities by pitching them on "open-source php" but on cool websites they could join.
Ohhh like fancy signature images at the bottom of your forum comments? Yeah, I remember those really really fondly. Actually, one of the forums I was on allowed some huge ones so you could really express yourself -- I'm talking like 600x80 or something.
Down with chicks up with chickpeas
Canada Post’s most recent financial report shows $1.3 billion in operating losses. But CUPW members say the corporation is using those losses as an excuse to avoid negotiating seriously.
Doesn't this really mean it costs 1.3B?
As The North Star has previously reported, a large part of these losses are tied to infrastructure investments. These expenses are normally amortized over time and not included in annual losses.
Yeah, so costs. Sneaky corp fucks.
Canada Post is also using this deficit to push for the “Amazonification” of its services …
I don't know what this means but including it because it sounds really really bad!
That seems, insanely high.
Riddick looks weird without his glasses.
Not actually ads as we, the modern netizens of the internet of 2005+20 know them, but fun little sort of buttons or blinkies used to cross-promote other places on the smol web.
I've seen a few of these around. But most recently I stumbled onto navlink ads and it reminded me of the phenomenon. I know there are others out there, I just can't remember where to find them.
Anyway, I like them. It's like using the tools of advertisers to add a little irreverent fun to our indie spaces.
Description: Meme of wide-eyed innocent Spongebob on left with caption "coffee stains" juxtaposed again muscular and angry Spongebob on the right with the caption "TEA STAINS".
Sorry if memes aren't welcome here. Just have been experiencing this since my partner drinks morning coffee as opposed to my morning tea, but her vessels can basically just be rinsed out. Whereas removing tea stains actually takes some elbow grease.
I'm on an orange pekoe or yorkshire (bagged), followed by ginger-turmeric green tease (loose) kick at the moment.
Yeah! It's like just considering these things is fun and enriching. You might let yourself get swept away in the fantasy a bit, but ultimately you're telling yourself different stories.
So they only ever feel like stories, and not like, a whole to paradigm that you're going to flash your BIOS with rofl. Just maybe run it in a sandbox/cgroup and see if anything actually fun or inspiring comes out.
Pardon the opaque metaphors.